All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1475480
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$285.00
$285.00
A lovely larger and thick bronze cylinder seal with leaf-shaped patterns, North/West Mesopotamian, 3rfd. millenium BC.
Attractive seal in two registers, in finely patinated bronze.
Size: 27 mm. tall and 14 mm. wide. The seal is very heavy and weighing nearly 30 grams!
Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection...
Attractive seal in two registers, in finely patinated bronze.
Size: 27 mm. tall and 14 mm. wide. The seal is very heavy and weighing nearly 30 grams!
Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection...
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item #1467671
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$85.00
$85.00
Typical Boat-shaped bronze axe with oval socket, made by the Dong Son Culture of the Annam region Vietnam, c. 300-100 BC.
Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and attractive with it's boat form and vivid patina. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region into the realm.
Size: 7 cm wide and 7,5 cm tall.
Condition: Very fine...
Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and attractive with it's boat form and vivid patina. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region into the realm.
Size: 7 cm wide and 7,5 cm tall.
Condition: Very fine...
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$165.00
$165.00
A nice pair of very scarce bronze bells with great patina and raised design, Chinese probably Warring States, BC.475-221 or earlier
Both are made for hanging and are decorated with geometrical patterns.
Size: c. 70 mm each.
Condition: Nice patinas, both with losses. One still has the gong.
Ex. Hafnia Coins stock, bought in Denmark in the late 1990s.
Both are made for hanging and are decorated with geometrical patterns.
Size: c. 70 mm each.
Condition: Nice patinas, both with losses. One still has the gong.
Ex. Hafnia Coins stock, bought in Denmark in the late 1990s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1411732
Important huge granite stone ritual pestle shaped as a bust or head with neck, Pre-columbian, the Dominican Republic, Taino Culture, ca. 1000-1500 A.D.
This sculpture, likely the head of Zemi(?), is authentic and comes with a beautiful ancient patina and provenance to a reknown old German collection, read below.
A very important and large stone sculpture, carved in the form of a skeletal face typical of the Taino culture with a finely decorated head band...
This sculpture, likely the head of Zemi(?), is authentic and comes with a beautiful ancient patina and provenance to a reknown old German collection, read below.
A very important and large stone sculpture, carved in the form of a skeletal face typical of the Taino culture with a finely decorated head band...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1447461
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$100.00
$100.00
Lot of 6 handpicked superb larger quartz beads, Greco-Bactrian Empire, ca. 2nd. cent. BC-1st. AD.
Interesting beads from Bactria, Balkh Area, made during the Greco-Bactrian Empire and with remnants of later dying in Cobalt and torquise during the Islamic Dynasties, 9th.-10th. century AD.
These types of beads are expertly carved in the very hard Quartz material, with rating of 7+ on the hardness scale for semi-precious stones with panels/faceted...
Interesting beads from Bactria, Balkh Area, made during the Greco-Bactrian Empire and with remnants of later dying in Cobalt and torquise during the Islamic Dynasties, 9th.-10th. century AD.
These types of beads are expertly carved in the very hard Quartz material, with rating of 7+ on the hardness scale for semi-precious stones with panels/faceted...
Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st.-2nd. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays a scene with Hermes in very high relief. The lamp is stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES
Size: 10 cm.
Condition: Choice and completely intact, thus rare!
Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays a scene with Hermes in very high relief. The lamp is stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES
Size: 10 cm.
Condition: Choice and completely intact, thus rare!
Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1431977
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$225.00
$225.00
Costa Rican facial vessel from the Central Highlands - Atlantic Watershed Zone, dating to ca. 400-700 AD.
A beautiful bowl in a fine condition for the type, red slip and with a high handle. Archaic style faces in relief on the corpus.
Size: ca. 10 cm. wide and 10 cm. high.
Condition: Choice! Really nice and intact bowl, short closed stress hairline in the bottom is no distraction, from this othervise perfect quality pice. No repairs or losses.
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A beautiful bowl in a fine condition for the type, red slip and with a high handle. Archaic style faces in relief on the corpus.
Size: ca. 10 cm. wide and 10 cm. high.
Condition: Choice! Really nice and intact bowl, short closed stress hairline in the bottom is no distraction, from this othervise perfect quality pice. No repairs or losses.
Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1468587
A lovely and very rare early seal pendant with recessed animal, Northern Mesopotamia, c. 5th.-4th. millenium BC.
Late Halaf period large oval pendant with flat backside and the seal engraved with a four-legged animal, loop at the top.
Size: c. 27 mm. tall.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
Late Halaf period large oval pendant with flat backside and the seal engraved with a four-legged animal, loop at the top.
Size: c. 27 mm. tall.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1467621
A fine bronze seal with a loop on the back and a star-shaped design, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 179–180, fig...
The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 179–180, fig...
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item #1416561
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$395.00
$395.00
A fantastic and exceptional thick and heavy ancient silver bracelet, Uratian-Achaemenid period, dating 800-500 BC.
A heavy silver armring evolving into a huge spiral, very complicated and beautiful silverwork for the period.
Size: ca. 8 cm. tall and 3 cm...
A heavy silver armring evolving into a huge spiral, very complicated and beautiful silverwork for the period.
Size: ca. 8 cm. tall and 3 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1467730
A very large bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.
Very impressive round seal with a solid cross in the center and a circle around in the openwork style. The seal belongs to the group of varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigot...
Very impressive round seal with a solid cross in the center and a circle around in the openwork style. The seal belongs to the group of varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigot...
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$875.00
$875.00
A high quality depiction in terracotta of the naked and winged Eros standing frontally holding a torch in his right hand above his head, early Roman terracotta sculpture, 1st. century AD.
Adorable figure, with fine details.
Size: ca. 15 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb for type. Perfect surfaces, original white pigment still adhired.
Ex. Old Private collection, aquired before 1980.
Adorable figure, with fine details.
Size: ca. 15 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb for type. Perfect surfaces, original white pigment still adhired.
Ex. Old Private collection, aquired before 1980.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000
item #1448818
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$475.00
$475.00
A sbeautiful and exceptionally condition pottery bowl with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern on the interior. Seljug period, 11th.-12th. century.
The beautiful bowl and rather rare type of pedestal bowl. With silvery iridescence on the surface of both the interior and the exterior. Very beautiful colours.
Size: 15,5 cm. in diameter and 8,5 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine. Superb for type and intact with small chip to the glazed r...
The beautiful bowl and rather rare type of pedestal bowl. With silvery iridescence on the surface of both the interior and the exterior. Very beautiful colours.
Size: 15,5 cm. in diameter and 8,5 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine. Superb for type and intact with small chip to the glazed r...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1413384
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$250.00
$250.00
A large 'Luristan' tanged Bronze lance head dating to 2nd. mill. BC.
The lance with a leafshaped blade, a rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders. The tang is bend at the top.
Size: 34,3 cm - 13 inches.
Condition: A choice lancehead with azurite and green patina. Intact with some nicks and roughness to the edge.
Ex. Private Collection.
The lance with a leafshaped blade, a rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders. The tang is bend at the top.
Size: 34,3 cm - 13 inches.
Condition: A choice lancehead with azurite and green patina. Intact with some nicks and roughness to the edge.
Ex. Private Collection.
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$295.00
$295.00
A very beautiful head of an armored horse Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.
The finely made head with remnants of pigments It's drilled for mounting in the bottom but does not come with a base.
Size: 55 mm. long
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection
The finely made head with remnants of pigments It's drilled for mounting in the bottom but does not come with a base.
Size: 55 mm. long
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection
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Nice lot of two idol figures of deities incl. Mercury, Roman Imperial period, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
Size: 46 and 43 mm.
Condition: Both w lossses to extremeties, nice patinas.
Ex. German private Collection.
Size: 46 and 43 mm.
Condition: Both w lossses to extremeties, nice patinas.
Ex. German private Collection.
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item #1490748
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$150.00
$150.00
An attractive gilt wooden Budhha, Burma, c. late 19th century.
In fine hardwood, painted and with multiple inserted stones.
Size: 22,5 cm.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.
In fine hardwood, painted and with multiple inserted stones.
Size: 22,5 cm.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.
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A very attractive greek pottery Olpe with black and red belt decorations, Southern Italian, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.
The jug with a high loop strap handle and extremely nice painting!
Size: 17,5 cm.
Condition: Choice Very fine, a few very small edge chips othervise intact and with the decoration finely preserved.
Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.
The jug with a high loop strap handle and extremely nice painting!
Size: 17,5 cm.
Condition: Choice Very fine, a few very small edge chips othervise intact and with the decoration finely preserved.
Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.